Crime and Moral Hazard: Does More Policing Necessarily Induce Private Negligence?

Even risk-neutral individuals can insure themselves against crimes by combining direct expenditure on security with costly diversification. In such cases — and even when one of these options is infeasible — greater policing often actually encourages private precautions.

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Main Authors: GUHA, Brishti, GUHA, Ashok S.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1427
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2426/viewcontent/crime_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Even risk-neutral individuals can insure themselves against crimes by combining direct expenditure on security with costly diversification. In such cases — and even when one of these options is infeasible — greater policing often actually encourages private precautions.